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Chef Eric

(1,024 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:37 AM Jan 2016

O'Malley and Sanders give Clinton run for her money at Nevada caucus dinner

Source: theguardian.com

Hillary Clinton found herself in an unexpected battle for the support of primary voters in Nevada, as Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley impressed at a caucus dinner in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. The Nevada caucuses, scheduled for 20 February, are the third primary to take place, making the state crucial for a candidate hoping to build momentum.

In front of a raucous crowd of 2,200 people armed with yellow plastic vuvuzelas, hand-pumped red squeak-horns and flashing blue air traffic control sticks, the three candidates set out their core policy areas rather than addressing each other directly. Rather they reserved their ammunition for Donald Trump.

Sanders’ supporters were by far the noisiest and most vocally enthusiastic from long before the candidates emerged. Chants of “Bernie! Bernie!” went up several times before general cheers drowned them out. A small coterie held aloft a rainbow H for Hillary, but as Born in the USA played the candidates in, the chants of Sanders’ supporters drowned out the others.

That support could signal a problem for Clinton in a state which she had previously thought relatively safe, a stronghold even. Sanders only hired a state director for Nevada in October, while the Clinton campaign has had staff in place since April.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/07/martin-omalley-and-benie-sanders-hillary-clinton-nevada-caucus-dinner

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O'Malley and Sanders give Clinton run for her money at Nevada caucus dinner (Original Post) Chef Eric Jan 2016 OP
k&r bigtree Jan 2016 #1
Not scientific. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #2
Some may have chanted "BERNIE!" more than once! demwing Jan 2016 #3
For sure they did! tazkcmo Jan 2016 #4
Not "her money" -- special interests' and big moneys' JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #5

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
4. For sure they did!
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 10:17 AM
Jan 2016

Probably had the chant streaming over some new Innertoob gadget. You know how those Sanders supporters love the New Teks while HRC supporters are more the No. 2 and Big Chief crowd.

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